October 2016 - Tracking the most popular programming languages, databases and software development tools in whoishiring discussion threads.
For the first time, from what I can remember, a database is in the top 5 of the monthly rankings, with PostgreSQL coming in at #4. PostgreSQL has been battling MySQL since these rankings begin, but overtook it in January 2015 and never looked back.
Compare JavaScript, Python, Ruby and Java
Compare C++, Scala, Clojure and Go
Compare Rails, node.js, PHP and Django
Compare AngularJS, Backbone, Ember and React
Compare Postgresql, MySQL and SQL Server
Compare Mongodb, Elasticsearch, Cassandra and Riak
Compare Storm, Hadoop and Spark
Compare Kafka, RabbitMQ and ActiveMQ
Compare Chef, Puppet, Ansible and the DevOps term itself
| Tech | Rank | Last Month | Change | Last Year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Python | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| React | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | +8 |
| JavaScript | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | -1 |
| Postgresql | 4 | 6 | +2 | 14 | +10 |
| AWS | 5 | 4 | -1 | 6 | +1 |
| node.js | 6 | 12 | +6 | 9 | +3 |
| Rails | 7 | 5 | -2 | 5 | -2 |
| Full Stack | 8 | 8 | 0 | 11 | +3 |
| Ruby | 9 | 7 | -2 | 7 | -2 |
| AngularJS | 10 | 11 | +1 | 8 | -2 |
| iOS | 11 | 9 | -2 | 3 | -8 |
| Java | 12 | 10 | -2 | 13 | +1 |
| DevOps | 13 | 14 | +1 | 12 | -1 |
| Android | 14 | 13 | -1 | 4 | -10 |
| Machine Learning | 15 | 15 | 0 | 24 | +9 |
| Docker | 16 | 17 | +1 | 19 | +3 |
| passionate | 17 | 16 | -1 | 17 | 0 |
| Front End | 18 | 18 | 0 | 23 | +5 |
| MySQL | 19 | 23 | +4 | 27 | +8 |
| linux | 20 | 22 | +2 | 18 | -2 |
| Tech | Mentions | Rank | Last Year Mentions | Last Year Rank | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F# | 5 | 95 | 0 | 189 | +94 |
| ClojureScript | 5 | 94 | 0 | 185 | +91 |
| TypeScript | 20 | 48 | 2 | 137 | +89 |
| Electron | 7 | 88 | 1 | 157 | +69 |
| Kubernetes | 19 | 51 | 3 | 113 | +62 |
| Apache | 15 | 55 | 3 | 115 | +60 |
| Akka | 8 | 80 | 2 | 134 | +54 |
| Azure | 11 | 67 | 3 | 110 | +43 |
| Express | 8 | 81 | 2 | 120 | +39 |
| ASP.NET MVC | 6 | 89 | 2 | 123 | +34 |
| Tech | Mentions | Rank | Last Year Mentions | Last Year Rank | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data Mining | 0 | 212 | 5 | 86 | -126 |
| Storm | 1 | 167 | 9 | 71 | -96 |
| LAMP | 1 | 153 | 5 | 88 | -65 |
| Puppet | 4 | 105 | 13 | 58 | -47 |
| statistics | 3 | 113 | 9 | 70 | -43 |
| Embedded Systems | 3 | 114 | 9 | 72 | -42 |
| CoffeeScript | 7 | 87 | 17 | 47 | -40 |
| Backbone | 17 | 52 | 40 | 20 | -32 |
| TDD | 4 | 109 | 7 | 79 | -30 |
| Bootstrap | 6 | 92 | 12 | 63 | -29 |